Longview woman pleads guilty to tax violations

TYLER,
TX - A 38-year-old Longview woman has pleaded guilty to federal
tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John
M. Bales.

Racyna
Antoinette Henry pleaded guilty to an information charging her with aiding and
assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns on May 14, 2013 before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith A. Guthrie.

According to
information presented in court, in 2006, Henry began working out of her home as
a tax return preparer with a company known as Preyear's Tax and Check Cashing
Services, LLC, which is based in Alabama. Around October 2007, Henry also
managed and operated a company known as Henry's Tax Service LLC out of her
home. At some point in 2006, Henry admits that she began assisting in the
preparation of false federal income tax returns. The false items
contained false dependents, false child tax credits, false child and dependent
care expenses, false losses on farming activities, and false earned income tax
credits.

The estimated tax loss related to the false federal income tax returns prepared
with assistance from Henry from 2006 to 2010 is between $200,000 and
$400,000. Henry faces up to 3 years in federal prison at sentencing and
restitution for her crime. A sentencing date has not been set.